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Wednesday, September 30, 2009

circles

I started a new quilt that is "out of the box" for me. (sorry for the lame pun.) Inspired by this quilt. I cut out a bunch of circles today from a woodland bloom charm pack. The circles are rotary cut using a CD as a template. That has to be the coolest trick ever if you ask me.

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The fabric is too fun! I am crazy about circles...and after the flannel quilt (I hope to have the top done this weekend) that I'm working on...circles will be next. I've already bought the fabric and am rearing to go. You, AmandaJean, are too good to us! Thanks for sharing so much with us!

What a clever idea AmandaJean! I have just downloaded a pattern for a Cathedral Window Rag Quilt that I'd like to start and thought about buying some more template plastic.....forget that idea...off to the cd cabinet!!!!!xx ;o) Wendy B

Have you seen the circle quilt over at LizzyHouse that she made? It is done in her Red Letter Day line of fabric. I'm making a small version of it out of pinks and oranges, it uses freezer paper. Circles are so fun, I noticed in the tut. for this one that she zigzagged the edges, it would be very cute just sewn 1/4 inch in and left raw.

That quilt is darling - I might have to make one too. I discovered a circle rotary cutter & used it to make Amy Butler's 'Belle' quilt. It was super easy to use - I would highly recommend it (unless of course you'd rather stick with using a CD - very clever :).

Amanda Jean,This same quilt inspired me to start a circle quilt! I also found it helpful to us a scrapbooking circle cutter to cut freezer paper and then continue using a gather stitch and ironing the circles like Naptime quilter shares was great for a finished edge applique. I haven't finished my quilt yet but can't wait to see your finished one.

Hi! I'm so glad to hear that my quilt inspired you!(A friend of mine told me you had mentioned my quilt on your blog-I wondered why I had so many visitors today!)I'll be watching to see how yours turns out! (And let me know if my tutorial needs any clarification too.) -Stephanie

Another cool trick I did was to cut my circles a bit bigger than the cd and then did a running stitch around the edge and pulled then around a used the cd, sprayed them with a bit of starch and ironed the edges over with the cd inside!! it warps a bit but lays down again when it cools! Alan Jackson was used wisely and made a whole quilt

I've been wanting to make a circle quilt, also. Did you use the tiny rotary cutter so it will go around the curves easier? I thought I would first try this: Iron on the Steam-a-seam fusing to the fabric to be cut. I"m hoping that will make the fabric stiff enough to use the circle cutter by Martha Stewart I bought at Michael's. You can make any size circle desired. Wish me luck.